Line #24 Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS5E4TheVision


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2	->'''Gumball:''' If the road to oblivion is paved with good intentions, Alan is about to build a freeway.
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4	Gumball grabs Alan's gym bag by mistake and finds a USB drive detailing plans to conquer the school, Elmore, and the world.
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6	!!Tropes:
7	* AnAesop: [[WellIntentionedExtremist Good intentions don't excuse your ways of executing them]].
8	* AttackOfThePoliticalAd: Alan's plans for advertising his campaign involve propaganda posters demonizing his opponents placed over their own campaign posters.
9	* ArtImitatesArt: The attack ad Alan makes targeted at Hector is a parody of a [[https://www.ncpedia.org/sites/default/files//styles/anchor_images/public/madbrute.jpg?itok=SOjcTIL4 piece of propaganda]] from UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
10	* BalloonOfDoom: Alan attempts world domination.
11	* BehindTheBlack: Alan thought Gumball already left when he was working on a new manifesto while laughing evilly... which Gumball even called him out on after successfully popping him.
12	* TheChessmaster: Alan likens himself to one, and his plans involve a lot of manipulation.
13	* ContinuityNod: Not the first time Gumball tried to prove Alan isn't what he seemed, only this time he was actually ''partially'' right. Alan's original vision was just like his usual saint-like self but Gumball and Darwin convinced him to actually do what they believed they thought he was doing.
14	* CreateYourOwnVillain: At the end when Alan revealed to Gumball and Darwin that his ''real'' vision was to have everyone in the school go to the lake camp in the summer, the two tell him that the plan they thought he was doing was so foolproof he would've definitely succeeded in it. Thus, giving Alan the idea to not only go through with it but do it across the world. Luckily, Gumball wasn't out of earshot when he started planning it out loud and stops him.
15	* CuriousQualmsOfConscience: When he has the most direct opportunity to pop Alan, Gumball can't bring himself to do it since he hasn't actually done anything yet.
16	* ADayInTheLimelight: For Alan.
17	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
18	** Gumball and Darwin stumble upon Alan's "manifesto" on how he will "gain the power [he] needs to purge Elmore of its greatest problem". Their horrified reactions and the lack of other context at this stage are clearly meant to make us believe Alan intends to shoot up the school.
19	** Part of Alan's plan to rise to school president involves [[FalseFlagOperation manufacturing a crisis]] by spreading false rumors that the school will start "taxing" the grades of the best students to boost the grades of the worst ones. Gumball is utterly outraged, believing others will benefit at his expense and utterly ignores Darwin pointing out that ''[[BookDumb Gumball]]'' would be the one benefiting.
20	** The "happy camps" are a clear reference to re-education/concentration camps, and he again mentions his goal to "purge Elmore of its greatest problem." Though he means sad people in this instance, the references are clear.
21	*** And after reading through the whole thing, Gumball [[HurricaneOfEuphemisms not so subtlely]] implies that they should kill Alan, by asking Darwin "what would you do if you had the chance to stop [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler the worst dictator the world has ever seen]] [[HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct while he was still a kid?]]"
22	* EpicFail: Most of the assassination attempts on Alan fail in spectacular fashion. While some failures are caused by sheer incompetence, several stem from Gumball and Darwin failing to take into account that Alan is a balloon. For example, they try to push Alan out of a window and place a pin on his seat.
23	* EvilMakeover: Alan undergoes one at the beginning of Gumball and Darwin's ImagineSpot of his plan.
24	* FailedAttemptAtDrama: When Gumball and Darwin attempt a ''Film/MissionImpossible1996''-esque scene, they set off a time bomb in a locker. But since the locker is, well, locked, they fail to get out, and are caught in the explosion.
25	-->'''Gumball''': We should've done this outside.
26	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: InUniverse. Gumball and Darwin notice that Alan's pictures captured funny things going on in the background, like a naked Tony hiding in the bushes or a dog going to the bathroom.
27	* FurryReminder: Many of Darwin and Gumball's assassination attempts on Alan fail because [[DidntThinkThisThrough they don't consider]] his balloon-based attributes: Trying to strangle him doesn't work because he has no neck, Darwin puts a pin on his desk seat, but he doesn't actually ''sit'' at his desk, and finally, Gumball throws him out a window, and Alan continues to float outside unharmed.
28	** And funnily enough, Darwin miming a way that ''would'' do him in (sucking all his helium out) is judged too far by Gumball.
29	* GeniusBonus: How many other kids shows can you name that reference relatively obscure UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne propaganda posters?
30	* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: Alan plans to force all sad people across the globe into "happy camps" where they will be forced to be happy, no matter what.
31	* GladYouThoughtOfIt: Alan's plan to hype his political campaign involves manipulating Clayton into thinking it was his idea Alan should run, then rightfully assuming everyone he tells that to wanting to steal it and immediately pass it off as their own.
32	* HardTruthAesop: The ends ''do not'' justify the means, no matter how well intentioned you are.
33	* HurricaneOfEuphemisms: When Gumball and Darwin first discover Alan's plot, [[NeverSayDie they come up with a string of increasingly elaborate gestures indicating that they're going to kill him]]. Gumball draws the line at Darwin miming the sucking out of Alan's insides.
34	* IdiotBall: When he's forced to go home with no clothes, Gumball clearly should've worn Alan's gym bag over his crotch. But instead, he decides to wear it on his head. It's even lampshaded by Darwin.
35	** Similarly, during the ''Film/MissionImpossible'' parody scene, Gumball and Darwin set off the bomb while they are still in the locker. Gumball lampshades that they should've done it outside.
36	* ImagineSpot: One takes up the bulk of the episode as Gumball and Darwin picture Alan's plan.
37	* JawDrop: Gumball and Darwin do this after reading Alan's vision to conquer the world. Their lower jaws fall to the ground and roll down the stairs.
38	* MoodWhiplash: The scene were Gumball and Darwin find a poster for taxing grades, Gumball decides that the best solution is to riot like everyone else, causing the school to go on fire while the students are trashing everything.
39	* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Gumball and Darwin decide that they need to kill Alan before he enacts his plan.
40	* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Due to grabbing Alan's gym bag by mistake, Gumball has to go home naked while [[IdiotBall wearing the bag on his head]] (instead of over his crotch, as Darwin points out). When Idaho sees him in the nude, he ''explodes'' in shock.
41	* ShoutOut:
42	** Alan's self-reinvention into a charming but ruthlessly ambitious politician with a Southern accent is a pastiche on Francis Underwood from [[Series/HouseOfCardsUS the U.S version of]] ''Series/{{House of Cards\|US}}''.
43	** Some of Alan's villain faces looks like that of [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Eggman]], [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Bane]] and [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Sidious]].
44	* StylisticSelfParody: Darwin has a short conversation with Gumball about his [[{{Portmanteau}} "bummy"]], referring to how his backside seamlessly aligns with his stomach.
45	* SubvertedSuspicionAesop: Gumball was right about Alan's forceful plan in eliminating sadness, and to lesser extent, Alan not being as pure as he seems.
46	* TakeThat: One of Alan's villain faces is a UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump face.
47	* TotalitarianUtilitarian: Alan's plan is to eliminate sadness by making camps that [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul would condition people sent there to be happy]]. Subverted in that he was only inviting people to fun camp. DoubleSubverted when Gumball and Darwin give him the idea to actually ''do'' just that once they tell him that his "plan was so convincing" and that he "could've definitely pulled it off". Luckily, Gumball hadn't left the room while Alan was doing his new manifesto.
48	* VisionaryVillain: Like the title states, Alan envisions a world where no one is unhappy, and [[WellIntentionedExtremist he will do anything to realize it]].

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